Civilian Aviation

Its suprising how many aircraft are on the ground at 7am



Gate has pulled away and awaiting pushback


7 Thomas Cook, 4 Jet2 and 3 monarch to fill this shot


Gary

Fantastic shots as always Gary,well done Sir.

forgot one

Push and start approved

love the last one most great capture.Tony

All great shots makes a nice change to see shots from that time in the morning looks just like Humberside I wish

Regards,
Rich.

Superb shots Gary

Mickey

Great shots, wish i could take shots in the dark like that.....

Great shots Gary! What settings were you using for this, and also I presume you was using a tripod?

Jordan

jordyat14 wrote:Great shots Gary! What settings were you using for this, and also I presume you was using a tripod?

Jordan

Equipment - Canon EOS450D with 70-200mm F4 L non-is lens

ISO 100 or 200.
a sturdy tripod!
Set the camera to AV mode, set the Aperture to f/8, but tried various at 7.1-11.
Set the camera for a timed delay to eliminate movement when my finger hits the button.
I also use the mirror lock up feature, it locks the mirror in place, prior to the shutter releasing, preventing shake when the mirror swings
Set the camera to RAW

Edited from a workflow tutorial on Airliners.net

Gary

Thanks Gary! Will try sometime some night shots, Cheers!

Jordan

Brilliant shots Gary but can you explain the mirror lock thing for me please.
How to lock it up.
I get the rest but that part went over my head.

Thanks

Aviation Ireland wrote:can you explain the mirror lock thing for me please.

How to lock it up.

I get the rest but that part went over my head.

Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9OccTmkcM

have a look at that you tube vid it will explain how to set the mirror lock up on a canon 450d which i belive gary was using

They are truly stunning, i can't beleive how sharp they are.

I would be very proud of them..

Stunning!

Cheers

Drew

Thanks for all your comments.

You don't have to use mirror lock up. The issue with photography in the dark is that with any movement, It will blur the shot. So Mirror lock up will stop some of that movement. same with the 2 second time delay. Hit the button, stand away from the camera and let it do its thing.

The images are edited in Photoshop. There is a great tutoral for editing RAW images. I suggest anyone thinking about night photography, read this, Digest it and save this link on your desk top.

http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forum ... y#ID348517" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Gary

Superb night photos.

Thanks for the link to that tutorial.